Bahamas Surgery Center, LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation et al.

  1. April 22, 2020

    Bid To Redo Kimberly-Clark Gown Suit Gets Cool Reception

    The Second Circuit didn't appear keen Wednesday to revive a stock-drop suit accusing Kimberly-Clark Corp. of lying about the quality of a surgical gown line, with one judge saying alleged fibs told by managers didn't seem so "dramatic" that the company must have known a fraud was afoot.

  2. May 23, 2019

    Avenatti Booted From Class Counsel In Surgical Gown Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday removed embattled attorney Michael Avenatti from his role representing a class of buyers suing Kimberly-Clark over allegedly defective surgical gowns, saying that his criminal charges of bank and wire fraud aren't likely to be resolved anytime soon.

  3. May 06, 2019

    Avenatti Blasts Class Counsel 'Hijack' In Surgical Gown Case

    Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti told a California federal court Friday that the receiver for his bankrupt law firm wants to "hijack" a class action focused on defective surgical gowns and improperly boot him from the case.

  4. April 17, 2019

    Attys Re-Up Bid To Drop Avenatti From $450M Class Action

    Two competing groups have renewed their bids to replace indicted attorney Michael Avenatti in a $450 million class action over defective surgical gowns with different former Eagan Avenatti attorneys, shortly after the California federal court judge rejected their initial attempts for procedural reasons.

  5. April 03, 2019

    Bid To Drop Avenatti From Class Action Fails Over Procedure

    A California federal judge declined to kick indicted attorney Michael Avenatti and his now-defunct firm Eagan Avenatti LLP off a $450 million class action over defective surgical gowns despite Avenatti himself agreeing to hand over the reins, saying the move to replace him did not follow proper procedure.

  6. April 02, 2018

    Kimberly-Clark, Halyard Get $450M Punitives Slashed

    A California federal jury was right to hold Kimberly-Clark Corp. and its spinoff Halyard Health Inc. responsible for misleading buyers about the impermeability of the companies' MicroCool surgical gowns, but awarded unconstitutionally high punitive damages, a judge said Friday in slashing the original $450 million award to just over $20 million.

  7. June 19, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark Can't Redo $454M Fraud Trial, Court Told

    Kimberly-Clark Corp. shouldn't get a new trial as it looks to avoid a $454 million fraud verdict for misleading buyers about the quality of its MicroCool surgical gowns, the buyer class told a California federal court Friday, saying the company had no one to blame but itself.

  8. May 30, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark Wants New Trial After $454M Fraud Verdict

    Saddled with a $454 million fraud verdict for misleading a class of buyers about the quality of certain hospital gowns, Kimberly-Clark Corp. has asked a California federal judge for a redo, arguing in part that people are more likely to be struck by lightning than bodily fluids are to seep through the gowns.

  9. May 16, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark Dodges Injunction After $454M Fraud Verdict

    A California federal judge has ruled that Kimberly-Clark and its spinoff Halyard Health don’t have to issue customer warnings on top of paying a $454 million award in a class action over substandard surgical gowns, ruling the jury verdict alone was enough compensation.

  10. May 08, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark Fights Injunction After $454M Fraud Verdict

    Kimberly-Clark Corp. Friday asked a California court to reject a motion to force it to issue customer warnings on top of the $454 million award handed down in a class action verdict for selling substandard surgical gowns, saying the plaintiff has all the compensation it's entitled to.